The Suntory Open was a professional

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

tournament on the

Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after ...

. It was founded in 1973 by

Suntory (commonly referred to as simply Suntory) is a Japanese multinational brewing and distilling company group. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest companies in the distribution of alcoholic beverages in Japan, and makes Japanese whisky. Its ...

, when it was held at the Ashitaka 600 club. The following year it was held at

Narashino Country Club Narashino Country Club is a country club in Japan. The club is located in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Like many Japanese golf courses, it has two greens at every hole. The course currently measures 7,224 yards and is a par 72. It has hosted ...

. It remained at Narashino until 1998, when it moved to Sobu Country Club. The prize fund for the final tournament in 2007 was ¥100,000,000 with ¥20,000,000 going to the winner.

Tournament hosts

Winners

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External links

Coverage on Japan Golf Tour's official site
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